Milan Travel Guide

 
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Pro

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  Bustling city with good nightlife and cultural activities 


Con

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  brownish hazy skies, graffiti, weird hairstyles on otherwise sexy boys 


In a nutshell

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  Sophisticated but not stiff - efficient and accommodating 

 

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Things to Do  

Duomo

Duomo, Milan

 259 Reviews  If you're going to Milan right now just to see the facade of the Duomo, you are going to be disappointed as its currently being renovated. (Note - renovations now complete) Don't be discouraged though - you can still go in and make sure to get the lift/stairs to the top where you can get a great... 

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Milan

 123 Reviews  The shopping gallery of Vittorio Emanuele II is just astonishing, and unlike any arcade I have seen anywhere in the world. Its cavernous interior is akin to the nearby cathedral , and is very much a place to worship at the alter of capitalistic consumerism. Right in the centre, underneath the... 

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Hotels  

Hotel Principe Di Savoia

 5 Reviews and 336 Opinions  I was there for business purposes for a short period of time only, but I can still come with a... 

Hotel Spadari al Duomo Milan

 1 Review and 416 Opinions  Why booked the Special room for 320 euro per night, because it looked the pretiest from the photos... 

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Restaurants  

Street food, general, recipes....

Street food, general, recipes...., Milan

 20 Reviews  La Raclette: in the Navigli area this is a medium expensive restaurant where they serve this typical swiss-french fused-cheese dish; give it a try drinkin' 'Greco di Tufo' white wine. Osteria Le Vigne: again in the Navigli area this not so formal 'osteria' is quite ok with wide wines selection and... 

CIAO (Italian fast-food)

CIAO (Italian fast-food), Milan

 6 Reviews  One of the biggest problems you'll have as a tourist in Italy is to find somewhere to eat between the lunch hours and the dinner hours. For some reason the italians seems to believe that the whole world is eating between 12 and 14, and then nothing until 19... They don't know me very well, that's... 

Nightlife  

Navigli

Navigli, Milan

 19 Reviews  We were trieing to find a place,where isnĀ“t disco-music,and you could sit down and have a drink outside.We just walked by,and happened to be Rolling Stones playing on the stereo,and we sat down.We ment to have one beer,but,it became one drink and two beer,when it was nice place to sit.Music was... 

Hollywood

Hollywood, Milan

 15 Reviews  I arrived in Milan a week ago and was keen to go out and explore the nightlife. Corso Como was the area i'd been hearing about so i headed out there with high hopes. It started to get busy at around 11.30pm, and I decided to pay the 20 euro to go into Hollywood, as i'd heard it was quite... 

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Transportation  

Subway/Metro

Subway/Metro, Milan

 63 Reviews  There excist subway in Milano which is the cheapest way for travelling inside the city area, and most probably the quickiest too. If visiting Milano by car, the best is to reach one of the starting subway stations at the outskirts of the town and leave it there at the huge parking areas. There are... 

Trains

Trains, Milan

 84 Reviews  While I do not have practical information here for the train system in the Milan area, I do have two important points to share. First of all is that the trains we experienced arrived according to schedules posted. The coaches were clean and comfortable. Secondly the plans for the main stations,... 

Shopping  

Clothes - not high fashion

Clothes - not high fashion, Milan

 22 Reviews  A great location for everyday shopping is the Corso Buenos Aires. A wide, busy street, it's everything you need from a high street - clothes, shoes, accessories, department stores, cafes, DVD and music shops etc... Beauty of C. Buenos Aires is that mixed in with the everyday are shops that sell... 

Fashion and leather

Fashion and leather, Milan

 42 Reviews  Milan is a magnet for fashion-buyers and designer labels. The Via Montenapoleone and immediate surrounds is the home of most of the great labels of the world, where you can virtually walk out of Dolce & Gabbana and into Versace and then onto Armani, and on ... and on ... and on. It's a beautiful... 

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Local Customs  

Dining and Drinking

Dining and Drinking, Milan

 25 Reviews  The custom of aperitivi is helpful when you're on a budget. Many of the bars in Milan, for the price of a drink, will give you food to go along with it. You can easily make it into a light dinner. For more details, see my Bar Magenta tip. 

Torino's Bull at the Gallery (to be squeezed)

Torino's Bull at the Gallery (to be squeezed), Milan

 7 Reviews  This bull is depicted in the coat of arms of Torino. You see that there is a hole on its genitals and may wonder why. Well, a tradition says that if you put your right heel on this hole and turn on yourself three times, this will bring you good luck. In the second photo you see my father do it... 

Warnings Or Dangers  

Central Station

Central Station, Milan

 16 Reviews  Having read so many horror stories about Stazione Centrale Milan I think it's a good idea to make a tip about it. Context: I am a solo middle-aged female traveller. I am European. Milan Centrale is no more and no less 'dangerous' than any similar-sized station anywhere in Europe. The only 'danger'... 

Pick Pockets

Pick Pockets, Milan

 25 Reviews  Mugging is rare in Italy but pickpockets are common and extremely skilled, especially in Naples, Rome and Milan, with Florence close behind. Organise your valuables so that pickpockets can't get at them because there's little or nothing you can do to avoid being a target. Money, credit cards and... 

Tourist Traps  

The Duomo

The Duomo, Milan

 17 Reviews  Be very careful with guys who come up to you and thrust corn into your hands to feed the pigeons in from on the Dumo. Even though this makes a fantastic picture with the dones eating from your palm... they guys who give you the corn try to rip you off. They are you where you are from and ask to be... 

Shopping

Shopping, Milan

 11 Reviews  This is a special WARNING for all male visitors of Milan! There are two streets in Milan which you have to AVOID: first one MONTENAPOLEONE, and the second one Via della SPIGA! This two streets are probably the most expensive streets on earth. There are no prices at all in the shop-windows. DO YOU... 

Off The Beaten Path  

The Lake District: Como, Maggiore, Iseo, Lugano ...

The Lake District: Como, Maggiore, Iseo, Lugano ..., Milan

 21 Reviews  The city of Como on the shores of Lake Como is an easy day trip from Milan - a 45 minute train journey from Milano Cadorna station, with trains running regularly throughout the day and late into the night. It's a lovely city - the historic centre and cathedral, the many shoreline villas, ferries to... 

Shopping or Fashion District

Shopping or Fashion District, Milan

 9 Reviews  Secondhand best shopping in Milan by Docks Dora... an old factory partially renewed to host a great secondhand store for trousers, shirts, jackets & many other stuff ... it deserves a quick visit even if you're not a 2ndhand fan. Away from the crowd located in via Toffetti. 

Favorites  

San Siro Stadium

San Siro  Stadium, Milan

 14 Reviews  Even my reply is late for you, i think you might like to know what i'm going to say. Tickets for Inter games can be bought on line one week before the game, on the Internet: www.intern.it. You receive a kind of voucher which you have to print and when you go to the stadium, there are special places... 

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Milan

 25 Reviews  I mentioned that the Piazza del Duomo seems like a natural center in town. In front of the Duomo itself is the piazza and it is occupied by pigeons, tourists, street vendors and people trying to sell pigeon feed to the tourists. The people trying to sell the pigeon feed were a bit aggressive and... 

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 Home sweet home! - Hi everyone, welcome to MIlan the city of fashion and design...(so to say) I was born and raised here so if you need any tourist tips feel free to contact me. A brief history of Milan : Milan was... 

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Questions and Answers

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Q:  Hi everyone, I've trawled the web and just can't seem to find what I need so am hoping you can help me. I'm travelling to... 

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A: Hi, I did this.. best is the get to Bergamo, and from there to Bratto. Local buses serve these routes, or even train to Bergamo, then the bus - stop is right outside the... 

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MILAN - As I've always wanted to visit

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 April 2007 update: A Saturday evening and half of Sunday in Milan is not much, but is just the perfect alternative to the long hours in the transit airports in case of a flight directed to Torino... 

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Home sweet home!

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 Hi everyone, welcome to MIlan the city of fashion and design...(so to say) I was born and raised here so if you need any tourist tips feel free to contact me. A brief history of Milan : Milan was...... 

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La Dolce Vita In Milano ;-)

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 Pinch me. I can't believe I'm in Milan. Yes, Milan - the world's fashion capital and the richest city in the whole of the Italian peninsula. (Of course if you're speaking with a Roman, he'd vehemently... 

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Milan

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 Milan, the best place in Italy! I've spent nearly two years in this town, and it has everything you might ask for. Except a beach, ocean, my swedish favorite-pizza and a few more things. But still, I... 

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MILANO

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 Many people say, Milano is a very unattractive touristic destination, exept for business or fashion shows, there are no other reasons to visit it. How wrong. The truth is, Milano is a very huge town... 

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